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JAMES A. MANSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR BAGGING CHARCOAL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. MANSON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing Vat Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Bagging Charcoal, of which the following is a specification.

`The present invention relates to improvements inmachines for bagging charcoal.

The object of the invention is to provide a :mechanism that will effectually and rapidly deliver charcoal into bags of suitable size and at the same time effect the shaking down of the charco-al thoroughly into the bag; and, further, to remove from the charcoal the dust and small pieces which necessarily accompany this material when shipped in bulk.

In the drawings forming part of this application, Figure l is a front elevational View of the machine looking toward the discharge or bag-filling end portion. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the perforated chute and the dust-collecting receptacle, the main drive-shaft with the links for vibrating the chute, the lever mechanism for elevating and depressing the receptacle platform, and the means for striking the receptacle supporting platform. Fig. 3 isa sec tional elevation of the machine showing the end of the chute into which charcoal that is to be screened and packed into the bags is delivered, the section being taken on line 35' 3 3 of Fig. 5. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the machine on the line 4 4 of Fig. 5 clearly indicating on an enlarged scale the means for raising and lowering the receptacle platform and the means for 1m- `parting a blo-w to the bottom portion of the platform. Fig. 5 is a plan view clearly indicating the relative positions of the chute- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1911.

Application led July 15, 1910. Serial No. 572,159.

which are secured the front and rear uprights b and c. Mounted for rotation in the uprights is a main crank-shaft d that is connected by means of links c and f, to an inclined chute g. The upper portion of the chute is provided with a screen or perforated bottom, shown at L, while the lower portion is made solid, as indicated at e'. The links e and f are connected to a bracepiece el which extends the length of the chute on the underside thereof. This chute is arranged in an inclined position and extends from the rear to the forward portion of the machine. The links e and f, when actuated by the driving-shaft (l, will vibrate or oscillate the chute g in a transverse direction, and in order to permit this swinging or oscillatory movement, the chute is hung on the framework by the links j which are pivotally supported on the uprights, as shown at m.

A receiving platform for the material is located at the receiving end of the chute g, as shown at o, and a suitable gate 79 is pivoted yto the upright c and provided with means for varying the degree of inclination of the chute, such means being indicated at (7, which consists merely of a cord or other flexible connection. The object of this gate is to deflect the material into the chute when thrown therein by the workmen. The curved lower part of the screen portion z, of the chute g is also provided with a vertically movable gate i' and with means s for adjusting the same so as to gage the rate of flow of the material downward toward the outlet end.

Located beneath the perforated portion h, and parallel thereto, is an inclined platform t for receiving the dust or small particles that sift through the screen portion 7i. This material is caught or discharged 'into a re.- ceptacle u located at the lower outlet end of said platform. The material that has been cleaned passes from the screen part la. onto the part z' which is also vibrated, being secured tothe part g, and from there is discharged into the receptacles 'v which rest upon the platforms Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be noticed that one of the receptacle-re ceiving platforms is down while the other is elevated. The receiving receptacles fu are each located within a semi-circular member e which is shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 6 in horizontal section, against which the charcoal-receiving receptacle or bag v rests, as clearly shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8. This semi-circular member is secured to the platform fr, as indicated at 21 by means of a rivet 2,and these members .a are secured to a plate or gate 3,-two of which are shown, -one for each receptacle.

4 designates a lever that is pivoted at 5 to a ycross-beam 6. This lever is attached to the plates 3 at the points 7 and 8 by means of the links 9 and 10 respectively. The outer end of the lever 4 is connected to a link 11 that extends upward, and its upper end is attached to a hand lever 12 which is pivoted to the upright or a side of the frame, as shown at 13.

When the lever 12 is operated, one of the platforms m is elevated, and the other depressed carrying with themthe receptacles o; at the same time the plates 3 are operated,-one of which is shown in Fig. 1 with its upper portion or end 14 elevated above the bottom curved surface 15 of the outlet portion of the part z',-the other plate being depressed as indicated, its upper edge being shown in dotted lines at 17 below the curved surface 15, thus permitting the charcoal to flow freely from the curved edge 15 into the funnel 18 of the receptacle at the lefthand side of the machine, and the part 14, acting as a deflector to turn or cause the downwardly flowing material to fall into one of the funnels 18, while the other funnel is in an elevated position. The funnels 18 are secured to the plates or gates 3 by means of a bracket 19 (see Fig. 7).

When the platform is in the position shown in Fig.K 8, the coal-receivingvreceptacle can be readily removed since the lower portion 20 of the funnel is then elevated above the curved part a, and during the filling operations of one of the receptacles the other may be removed and emptied and a new one substituted therefor so that when the first one has been filled and the lever 12 operated, the reverse operations take place; that is the filled one is elevated and the empty one depressed, causing the plates 3 to shut off the flow of material to the full one and allow it to discharge into the empty one.

In order to shake the material down into one of the bags that is being filled, the platform m is struck a blow from the underside by means of a transverse bar 21, which is shown in Fig. 1, and extends across the width of the machine and under both of the platforms x, as shown, its opposite ends being connected thereto, by means of rods 22 which extend upward and are attached to the standards c, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, by means of the plates 23. The upper ends of said rods are pivotally connected with a shaft 24 which is operated from the that on the downward movement the charcoal is given a sudden or settling movement when the bars 21 leave the platform. When the bars 21 leave the underside of the platforms w, the pins z2 which are secured to the part s will strike the lower end ofthe wall of the slot a3 in the link. a1 which link is attached to the lever 4 by means. of the pin 41 causing a arring effect to the bags c. The plates or gates 3 are guided and held during their operation by means of the slot and pin constructions shown at 31 and 32. The pin is secured tothe cross-beam 6. A similar construction is shown at the upper end of the plates 3, as indicated at 33 and 34.

It should be observed that the radial distance from the pivotal point 5 of the lever 4 is greater to the links 9 and 10 t-han from the point 5 to the links or hangers 24, the point of attachment being shown at 41. The object of this arrangement is for the purpose of causing the plates 3 and the funnels 18 to move faster than the platforms a', whereby the funnel 'which is elevated (see Fig. 8) will then be lifted above the part a and out of the mouthv of the bags o, thus permitting the bags to be readily removed from the platforms Projecting upwardly from the cross-bar g1 are ears g2 which bear against t-he arc-shaped piece g3 to which the lower end of the chute g engages, see Figs. 3 and 4. The upper ends of the gates or plates 3 are guided or run under the depending irons a1 (see Figs. 7

and. 8) in order to hold them near the lower end of the chute g. 211 designates a stiftening iron for the platform a2. This iron is provided with slots 21Z in order to permit the pins z2 of the part .a to slide thereon during the adjustment of the platforms f and also to permit the part 21 to slide up and down to impart a jarring eect to the platforms stiffening the part z. 40 designates braces for the member 21 and extends from the upright irons 22 to the striker-bar 21. This operation therefore thoroughly settles or causes the particles of charcoal to fill the entire space of the bags.

28 designates a belt-shipper that is slidably mounted in uprights b and @by means of the gears 29, and is for the purpose of shifting the belts 30 and 31 onto the tight and loose pulleys 33 and 34 at the opposite ends of the machine.

The chute shown herein may, if desired w1 designates a bar for be entirely solid and not reticulated, as the machine is capable of use for bagging various materials.

What I claim, is

1. In a charcoal-bagging and cleaning machine, the combination with a vibratory receiving chute, means for vibrating said chute, Vof a platform for receiving a receptacle to be filled, means operable from the chute for continuously elevating and depressing the platform during the filling operation of the receptacle, and means to cut off the flow of material from the chute to one of the receptacles when the other is being filled.

2. In a charcoal bagging machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of a chute, means for vibrating the chute, a plurality of receptacle-receiving platforms, connecting means between the chute and the platforms for operating the platforms, a gate attached to each platform and movable therewith, said gates being adapted to close the lower end of said chute, means for elevating one platform and depressing the other, whereby the flow of material is shut off from one receptacle and deflected into the other.

3. In a charcoal bagging machine, the combination with the framework thereof, of an inclined chute mechanism, means for vibrating the same, of a plurality of receptacle-receiving platforms, a gate carried thereby and adapted to close the lower end of the chute, a funnel for directing the flow of material into the receptacle from the chute, manually operable means for elevating one of the platforms and depressing the other, and simultaneously lifting the funnels from the mouth of the receptacle, and means connected to the chute for imparting an upward blow to the lower side of said platform, whereby the material is shaken down into the receptacle during the filling operations.

4. In a bagging machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of a vibratory chute, a plurality of platforms for receiving the receptacles, a shaft extending longitudinally of the machine, and a second shaft extending transversely thereof, connecting means between the two shafts, a transverse bar attached to the second shaft and located beneath the platforms for receiving the receptacles to be filled whereby the platforms may be given a blow from said bar, and manually operable means for elevating one platform and depressing the other so that only one of the platforms is struck at a time.

5. In a bagging machine, thecombination with the frame thereof, an inclined chute for delivering the material to the receptacles, a plurality of platforms for receivin the receptacles, a lever pivoted` to the frame, a link connection between the platforms and the lever, and means for operating said le ver, a gate associated with each platform and adapted to move therewith, the elevated gate extending across the delivery end of the chute, whereby the flow of material is deflected toward the depressed platform.

6. In a bagging machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of a chute for directing the flow of material to be bagged, a platform for receiving the bags to be filled,

a gate associated with the platform and having a funnel attached thereto for receiving the material as it fiows from the chute and directing it into the bag, and mechanism for imparting a relative movement between the funnel and the platform, whereby When the platform is elevated the lower end of the funnel will be drawn away from the platform, as described.

7. In a bagging machine, the combination with the frame thereof, of an inclined chute, means for vibrating said chute, and gate devices for varying the flow of the material through the chute, a pair ofV platforms for receiving the receptacles to be filled, a bar located beneath said platforms, and means for simultaneously elevating said bar in unison with the movements of the chute, the

travel of the bar being such that a blow is imparted to the lower side of the platform for effecting a jarringor shaking down of the material as it flows into the bags.

JAMES A. MANSON. Witnesses:

K. I. CLE'MoNs, HARRY W. BOWEN.

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